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Two Women Selected to Lead Prestigious Academic Centers
Caroline Winterer, a professor of history, was named director of the Stanford Humanities Center and Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies was chosen as the next director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University.
University of California San Diego and the U.S. Navy Name a Ship to Honor Sally Ride
The Navy-owned research vessel will be operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego. Ride, the nation’s first woman astronaut joined the university’s faculty in 1989. She died in 2012.
Lisa Kloppenberg to Lead the Law School at Santa Clara University
She is the former dean of the University of Dayton law school in Ohio. Prior to her 10-year tenure as dean at the University of Dayton, she taught at the law school of the University of Oregon.
Chancellor of Indiana University Southeast to Step Down a Year Earlier Than She Had Planned
Sandra Patterson-Randles has served as chancellor of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, since 2002. Her contract was recently extended to run through June 2014 but she is leaving a year earlier.
Party Culture at College Can Derail Women’s Academic Aspirations
A new book by Elizabeth Armstrong, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, and Laura Hamilton, an assistant professor at the University of California at Merced, found that women students in colleges tend to form similar type cliques that are typical in American high schools.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Honors for Three Women Academics
The honorees are Vivian Chi-Hua Wu of the University of Maine, Catherine Pierce of Mississippi State University, and Marion Nestle of New York University.
University of Oregon Student’s Anti-Rape Video Becomes Huge Hit on YouTube
The video shows a young woman passed out on a couch. A man looks into the camera and whispers, “Hey bros, check out who passed out on the couch. Guess what I am going to do to her?”
Judith Shapiro, Former Barnard College President, to Lead the Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation has a broad mission “to advance the well-being and general good of mankind throughout the world.” But many of its grants and projects relate to higher education.
Cornell President Calls on Campus Community to Combat Sexual Misconduct
David Skorton has asked the university’s Executive Committee on Campus Climate, Health, and Safety to develop a campuswide framework for the delivery of services, educational outreach, and training to promote a campus climate that is free of sexual misconduct and bias.
The Rebirth of Colorado Women’s College
Colorado Women’s College was founded in 1888. Facing financial difficulties, in 1982 it was absorbed into the University of Denver and became the Woman’s College of the University of Denver. Now to celebrate the college’s 125th anniversary, it will revert to its original name.
Research Dismisses Stereotypes About Gender Gap in Math
A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and the University of Miami has found that gender differences in the results of mathematical competitions evaporate after the first round of the competitions.
Three Women Named to Dean Positions
Deborah Boehm-Davis was named dean at George Mason University. Paul Lutz will be the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming and Elaine Smyth will be interim dean of the Louisiana State University Libraries.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
TV Crime Dramas Have a Positive Impact by Educating the Public on Sexual Assault Awareness
Research conducted at Washington State University finds that viewers of prime-time crime televisions shows are more likely than nonviewers of such dramas to intervene if they were to witness a sexual assault.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
University Study Examines Women’s Appetite for Competitiveness
A unique study by researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara used an analysis of entrants into a local road race to see if women were as competitive as men. They hoped to extrapolate the results to learn why women are not well represented among the top echelon of corporate officers.
Women Making Slow Progress in Academic Publishing in the Economics Field
A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that women have made some small gains in academic publishing in the economics discipline. However, the progress in academic publishing does not reflect the larger increase in the number of women economists.
Derina Holtzhausen Is the Only Woman Finalist for Dean of the Journalism School at the University of Georgia
Since 2008 she has served as is a professor and director of the School of Media and Strategic Communications at Oklahoma State University.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
The Sage Colleges Honor Principal of Sandy Hook Elementary
The college is establishing the Dawn Hochsprung Center for the Promotion of Mental Health and School Safety. Hochsprung was a doctoral candidate in the college’s educational leadership program.
Wendy Duncan Chosen as the Next Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Drake University
She has been serving as vice president of academic affairs and dean of pharmacy at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in Missouri. Previously, she was the associate dean for education at the School of Pharmacy at Auburn University.
NYU’s Anna Deavere Smith to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
The award comes with a $300,000 prize and honors “a trailblazer in the arts who has redefined their art and pushed the boundaries of excellence in their field.”
Oklahoma State University Professor Wins Book Award from the National Communications Association
Derina R. Holtzhausen, professor and director of the School of Media and Strategic Communications at Oklahoma State University, was honored for her book on public relations.
New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Does Gender Play Too Big a Role in the Teaching of U.S. History?
The National Association of Scholars released a report that criticizes the history department curricula at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University as being overly concerned with issues of race, class, and gender.
Among College Students, Tradition Holds Sway When It Comes to Gender Roles in Marriage Proposals
In a survey of college-age men and women, about two thirds of both men and women said they definitely would want the man to be the one to propose marriage.
Less than 18 percent of women respondents said they were either “very unwilling” or “somewhat unwilling” to change their name when they got married.
Complaint Charges University of North Carolina Violated Rights of Sexual Assault Victims
Five women have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education claiming that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill violated the rights of sexual assault victims and created a hostile environment for students who reported sexual assaults.
Cornell University Study Finds Teen Dating Violence Linked to Problems in Adulthood
Female teenagers who were victims of dating abuse were 1.5 times as likely to binge drink and were twice as likely to consider suicide as teenage girls who had not been subjected to dating violence.
University Study Looks to Develop Intervention Program for At-Risk Adolescent Girls
Danielle Parrish, an assistant professor in the Graduate College of Social Work of the University of Houston, is conducting research on risk behaviors of girls in juvenile detention centers.
Study Examines Women’s Participation at Scientific Conferences
The survey found that women gave only 29 percent of the presentations in symposia organized by men. In symposia organized by women, 64 percent of the presentations were given by women.
Bloomberg Businessweek Poll Asked Readers to Rate the Attractiveness of Women at Leading Business Schools
The magazine promoted the poll on Twitter with a tweet that read, “”Which business school has the most attractive female students?”
Study Finds Women Are More Passive When Confronted With Sexual Harassment Than They Predict They Would Be
A new series of five studies by researchers at four universities also finds that because women believe they will mount a more aggressive response than they actually do, women tend to be highly critical of other women who are passive when confronted by sexual harassment.
